Temporary binder



(No Model.)

W. NASH.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

No. 373,844. Patented Nov. 29, v1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QEETCE.

l WILLIAM NASH, OF PHILADELPHIA,y PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part or" Letters Patent No. 373,844, dated November 29, 1887l Serial No. 205,760. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it-known that l, WILLIAM N Asn, of the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and Improved Temporary Binder, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a binder which is simple in form and effective in operation for temporarily binding pam. phlets, &c., in a compact form, and one which is'so arranged thata pamphlet may be readily and quickly removed therefrom and reinserted without soiling or in any manner disturbing the rest, and having, further,this char! acteristic feature that, whether it be entirely filled or only partially so, it can be opened out flat at any point, thereby making it particularly desirable forholding musicand magazines.

My invention consists of a supplemental back of linen or other strong iiexible material, having a series of long pockets formed therein and the back attached securely to the interior surface of right and left covers, having a conveX or iiat back. Into the series of pockets in the supplemental back it snugly crooked binding-rods, preferably made so that one portion will be longer than theother, in order that the shorter portion may be inserted into the pamphlet from the top and bottom of the supplemental back, for firmly holding the pamphlet in position therein, as hereinafter more fully explained.

The nature of my invention will be more fully understood by reference 'to the accompanying drawings, wherein I have shown my improved temporary binder in a form which has been found practically efficient, and in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of the temporary binder in an open position, showing a pamphlet held therein. Fig. 2is a top view thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of my improved binder, showing the supplemental back provided with pockets therein and with the binding-rods in their normal position, and the crooked hook for readily withdrawing the rods from the pockets. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the supplemental back. Fig. 5 is a vertical central section through one of the pockets of the supplemental back, with a binding-rod therein; and Fig. 6 is a side view of the hook, provided with an eye at one end for withdrawing the bindingrods from the pockets of the supplemental back.

Referring to the drawings, A and Aare the strong right and left covers, and B the convex or liat back, made of leather or other suitable material, fastened to the covers in any wellunderstood manner.

C is the supplemental back, made of linen, clot-h,or other flexible material,having a series ofnpper and lower pockets, d, therein, and this back secured to the interior surface of the covers A and A in a manner well under stood by those skilled in book-binding. The pockets d are by preference formed by running,on a sewing-machine,through the supplemental back made of linen or similar material double rows of stitching from the top to the bottom; or these pockets may be woven into the material composing the supplemental back C. Into these pockets d tit snugly the binding-rods e, made of wire or similar material, of unequal length, the shorter ends of which are crookedthat is to say, the crooked portion of each rod lits into the pamphlet and the larger portion into one of the pockets d.

The manner ofvsecuring a pamphlet in the binder may be explainedas follows: Partially withdraw a bindingrod at either the top or bottom of the supplemental back C by means of the crooked hook F, provided with a ring, f. Then open the pamphletatafold of the paper at or near the center of the binding, and place one end of the same under the opposite binding-rod, and thence press the rod into place over the other end of the pamphlet that has been partially withdrawn by the crooked hook F.` The pamphlet will be lirmly held in position therein, and when desired may be readily and quickly removed from the binder by repeating the operation just explained.

I am aware that temporary binders have been made in which the back has been provided with sheaths for the reception of hooks having long branches carrying shanks on their extremities, around which helical springs were coiled, but in conjunction with metallic hinged bands of the same length as the leaves, and hence I disclaim such form of a binder, for my invention consists of the elements hereinafter IOO claimed, and combined in the manner shown and described.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new,

5 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is"

The combixmtimii7 in a temporary binder, of the covers A and A and back B with the flexible suppementa back C, the pockets d in said supplemental back, and the binding-rods e, all arranged and operating in the manner* lo and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto seb my hand in the presence 0i two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLYAM NASH.

Witnesses:

WALTER S. GIBSON, J'. WALTER DoUGmss. 

